Letter from a supplier confirming a telephone conversation regarding the supply of laminated springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\5\ 05-page143 | |
| Date | 11th December 1937 | |
| JONAS WOODHEAD & SONS, LTD., MANUFACTURERS OF LAMINATED SPRINGS FOR ROLLING STOCK ROAD OR RAIL TRADE MARK REGISTERED REG'D OFFICE AND WORKS: KIRKSTALL ROAD, LEEDS, 4. LONDON OFFICE: DEVONSHIRE HOUSE, STRATTON STREET, W.1. TELEPHONES: LEEDS 20814 AND 20815. (PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE) LONDON MAYFAIR 4541 ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE COLONIAL AND ALL LISTS ESTABLISHED 1850. TELEGRAMS: "FORGE, LEEDS" CODE: 5TH. EDITION A.B.C. TELEGRAMS LONDON "JOWOS" PICCY LONDON Messrs.Rolls Royce Limited, Nighingale Road, DERBY. DATE 11th December, 1937 YOUR REF. OUR REF. THS/BMM Dear Sirs, SUPPLY OF LAMINATED SPRINGS We confirm the telephone message from your Mr.Leslie this morning regarding the above, and as a result of the conversation we will replace the back plates we have made, by those of the new type. These plates happen to have been made prior to Mr.Sanders' recent conversation at Derby. The quotation of course, was completed when this modification was mentioned, and since then, unfortunately, our Mr.Jonas Woodhead has been away from the Works indisposed. He will, however, be here on Monday, and now that the design is settled, we will see that this quotation is sent off on Monday. Yours faithfully, JONAS WOODHEAD & SONS, LTD. | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).